Funny Songs: Thank God and Greyhound
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86875)
United States
September 20, 2023 9:01am CST
Tomorrow the top ten starts, but first there’s one more funny song on the alphabetical list of songs that have given me a good chuckle or two (or 40) over the years. Sorry, Linda, it’s another country song.
Thank God and Greyhound - Roy Clark
Boy, you talk about a “perfect” country song! 
The song starts as a slow ballad, with the typical pain of country music songs (“I made a small fortune and you squandered it all”).
Then comes the punch line.
I got to see Roy Clark on a Hee Haw package show at the Kentucky State Fair in 1970. He was a marvelous showman.
Thank God and Greyhound
Written by Larry Kingston and John Edward Nix
Recorded by Roy Clark
From I Never Picked Cotton, 1970
It may sound kinda cruel:
The song starts as a slow ballad, with the typical pain of country music songs (“I made a small fortune and you squandered it all”).
Then comes the punch line.
I got to see Roy Clark on a Hee Haw package show at the Kentucky State Fair in 1970. He was a marvelous showman.
Thank God and Greyhound
Written by Larry Kingston and John Edward Nix
Recorded by Roy Clark
From I Never Picked Cotton, 1970
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
23 Sep 23
@FourWalls I had my wild moments. Jumping garbage cans on my spider bike. Starting dried leaves on fire with my magnifying glass. Walking barefoot in a yard full of sand spurs.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
21 Sep 23
I definitely don't know this one. Have a great day.
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
22 Sep 23
I don’t think you’ll know any of the top ten, but I’ll keep posting. You have a great day, too.
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@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
20 Sep 23
Gosh I've totally forgotten about Roy Clark (and the Hee Haw show). Gotta love those old country songs
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
20 Sep 23
I agree, gotta love the old ones…the “new country songs” sound like Lady Gaga with a southern accent.
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@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
20 Sep 23
@FourWalls a good deal of today's country music sound more like old time pop music to me.
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
21 Sep 23
I loved it, but it was the only show I could stay up past my bedtime for (it ran 8:30-9:30 and my bedtime was 9). Plus, I had a schoolgirl crush on Don Rich.
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
20 Sep 23
Oh, well, we’ll try again tomorrow. Hope you’re having a good day.
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